Gia: I -- I just saw Nikolas
hugging his grandmother on the docks, and that could only mean that Nikolas has agreed to kill Elizabeth. I can't let that happen, but I don't
know how to stop it. Should I call Laura or should I go straight to the police?

Stavros: I can't allow you to do either.

Nikolas: Elizabeth's death will be painless and swift.

Helena: What do you have in mind?

Nikolas: Poison. Something fast so she will have
absolutely no idea.

Helena: Oh, Nikolas,
I have just the thing for you.

Elizabeth. Well, we were just discussing you. How
lovely you look. We were wondering what you're doing for dinner tonight.

Elizabeth Well, Nikolas and I have plans.

Nikolas: Well, actually, maybe we can change
them. My grandmother would like to join us for dinner.

Elizabeth Oh? What's the occasion?

Helena: Well, it's a -- it's a festive
celebration just for the three of us. Unless, of course,
Laura has persuaded you not to see Nicolas. What exactly did you and
Laura discuss?

Luke: Oh, Laura --

Laura: It's okay.

Luke: I -- I thought that I
would never see you again.

Laura: I'm here. Shh. It's okay. I'm here.

Luke: But --

Laura: Shh.
Shh. I'm here. Shh. I'm
here.

Luke: Laura. Oh, God.

Laura: Oh, God.

Sonny: What part do you have a
problem with, Carly?

Carly: Oh, the part where our marriage is
dissolved.

Sonny: All right.

Carly: Look, the divorce isn't going to happen
no matter what kind of settlement Alexis comes up with.

Sonny: What are you trying to
prove?

Carly: I'm fighting --

Sonny: Oh.

Carly: For our marriage. Look, no more
begging, no more tears. You want to trash this marriage? Go ahead, just try it.
You take one more legal step -- just one -- and it's going to be war.

Sonny: Don't do this.

Carly: Oh, it's too late. You see, I'm
fighting for my family -- for you, for me, and Michael. I'm getting back what
we had, and no one can stop me. Not even you.

Sonny: I am putting my life back
in order.

Carly: Well, you know what? You're not going
to have a life until you're back with me and Michael. Look, the happiest you
ever were was when we were all together. You would
walk through our door, and you would see us, and your face, it would just light
up at the sight of us.

Sonny: This isn't about who's
happy, who's not happy --

Carly: No, exactly. It's about the fact that
you ignore your heart. You think it's not important. God, you don't even know
what's good for you. But I do. Okay, I know what makes you happy even though
you fight it tooth and nail. But fine. You want to proceed with this? Fine. I will have my lawyer, Asher Wilding, tie you up with
so much paperwork, you will be spending every day, all day, in front of a
judge.

Alexis: How are you going to
accomplish that?

Carly: Legal warfare.

Sonny: You print out another
copy?

Carly: You know, print out 100 because they're
all going to end up like that one.

Alexis: Carly,
the terms of the divorce are very generous. So unless you can object to a
specific provision or you can cite some unmet demand, the case should proceed
smoothly through the courts.

Carly: Fine. Here is an unmet demand -- I want
my company back. I want the 50% of the shares that Sonny sold and took away
from me.

Alexis: That's impossible
because he sold them.

Carly: Yeah, well, he can buy them back and
sign them on over to me. Otherwise we're not discussing a divorce.

Sonny: Tell me that was a bluff.

Alexis: It was a bluff. But it
wasn't Carly bluffing. It was me.

Sonny: I'll call Laura.

Alexis: I'm talking about the
divorce. See, if Asher Wilding is her attorney, he will stall this thing out
until you become a gray-haired old man.

Laura: Luke?

Luke: Uh-huh?

Laura: What is this? What's
going on here?

Luke: It's just relief and love
and gratitude for the miracle of having you back.

Laura: Having me
back? What do you mean?

Luke: Where did you go? Where
have you been all this time?

Laura: I went on a business
trip, remember? I told you about that.

Luke: No.

Laura: I've been back. I've been
back for a few weeks now. You were the one who was gone. Where have you been
all this time? I searched everywhere for you. I found your bags where you left
them at home, but you had vanished.

Luke: Why didn't you wait for me
at the boat?

Laura: What boat?

Luke: Our boat, the Haunted
Star.

Laura: Luke -- my God, that was
decades ago. Luke, that was another lifetime. No, no,
no. I need you to come back to this one. Shh. It's okay.
Shh. It's okay.

Gia:
Elizabeth could be six feet under any minute, and
you're telling me to do nothing?

Stavros: A young man hugging his grandmother is
hardly proof of a conspiracy to commit murder.

Gia: I heard them on the yacht. Helena told Nikolas
to kill Elizabeth, and then I see them on the docks giving
each other a cozy hug? You know, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to put it
together -- he said yes.

Stavros: If the Cassadines
get wind of your accusations, then you will become as much of a threat as Elizabeth Webber. You could both disappear without a trace. And if
you convince Laura Spencer that her beloved son is a killer, then she would
disappear without a trace, too.

Gia: It wouldn't come to that.

Stavros: It might. Gia,
you are a beautiful young woman. I have become very, very fond of you.

Gia: I can take care of myself.

Stavros: I know that. But in the process, you
are endangering other people.

Gia: So, what can I do?

Stavros: Let me handle it. Look -- I can
convince the Cassadines that Elizabeth Webber is no threat. As a matter of fact, I can guarantee
her safety.

Gia: And what's in it for you?

Carly: Gia, are you
crazy? What are you doing with that pig?

Elizabeth: Laura is hoping things will work out
between me and Lucky.

Helena: And will they?

Elizabeth No. No, it's over. Lucky's much different now.

Helena: Oh.

Elizabeth I still can't believe he stole your
diamond.

Helena: He'll have to retrieve it.

Elizabeth And apologize
to you.

Helena: Well, Elizabeth, I owe you an apology. I was very wrong to accuse you of
stealing the Ice Princess. Nikolas made it very clear
that you are completely loyal and you would never do anything to undermine him
or our family.

Elizabeth: I'm glad you understand that.

Helena: Well, I'd like to make amends, so I'm
planning a very special banquet to be served just for the three of us on Nikolas' yacht tonight. It's a sort of -- it's a sort of a
”Welcome to the Cassadines” dinner. I trust you are
available.

Nikolas: I'd love it if you could be there.

Elizabeth: Of course.

Helena: Wonderful. Then we'll see you on the
yacht at 8:00.

Elizabeth: Mm-hmm.

Helena: This is going to be a most special,
special evening.

Nikolas: You saw my mother?

Elizabeth: Yes, and she gave me
a drug that'll slow down my heart rate and make it look -- make it look as if
I'm dead. I really hope your grandmother buys this.

Nikolas: How safe is this?

Elizabeth: You have to be so careful.

Nikolas: What --

Elizabeth: Nikolas, one
drop too much, and my temporary death could become permanent.

Nikolas: Oh -- no, we're not going to do this.

Elizabeth: No, no, no --

Nikolas: No, we're not.

Elizabeth: We've come this far. We have to keep
going.

Nikolas: Elizabeth, we don't have to keep going, okay? You
have got to get out of town right now.

Luke: I don't know what you're talking
about, but it doesn't matter. All that matters is that you're here with me
where you belong.

Laura: Luke -- sit down. Come
on, sit down.

Laura: Years ago -- I think it
was 1983 -- I came back to you after being gone for a long, long time.

Luke: Why didn't you tell me you
were going?

Laura: I couldn't. I couldn't
because someone grabbed me when I was on the docks. I was kidnapped. I was
taken to an island and held captive. I desperately tried to get in touch with
you, but I couldn't. And then they told me that you died in an avalanche.

Luke: I remember.

Laura: Good. Good. And then I
found out that you were alive, and I escaped, and I came back to Port Charles
to see you. Except I didn't think that --

Luke: What?

Laura: I didn't think that I
could go back into your world, and I didn't want to bring you into mine. Oh,
Luke, I'm sorry. All I wanted to do was to see you. I just wanted to see you
one more time. I wanted to know that you were all right.

Luke: You were wearing blue, and
the leaves were turning.

Laura: Yeah. It was a fall day.
You remember.

Luke: I do. I do. I thought I
was dreaming. I thought it was an illusion. I'd wanted you back for so long. I
thought my mind was playing tricks.

Laura: Uh-huh. And I thought
that you saw me. And then I turned around and I started to walk away.

Luke: Laura! I ran across the
lawn, still not believing it. And suddenly the miracle.
Oh, my God! There you were in my arms. As beautiful as ever
-- my Laura. My wife. What happened to us? Why
did we give up so easily?

Laura: We didn't.

Luke: Why did you leave without
a word?

Laura: Are you talking about
back then? I -- I told you I couldn't. I -- I was kidnapped, and Stavros kept me guarded so --

Luke: Stavros.
I killed that bastard.

Laura: Luke -- I know that's
what we thought, but we were wrong. Stavros is alive.
He's come back, Luke, and you've got to help me.

Sonny: What can you do to stop Carly?

Alexis: Aside from binding and
gagging her, I think the only thing is aggressive legal maneuvers, see how she
responds. In the meantime, I'll handle A.J.'s custody
case.

Sonny: I'm not worried about
A.J.

Alexis: Why not? What did you
do?

Sonny: He's under control. But
the situation at the lake house wasn't. What was Jax
doing there? He attacks my guard. He grabs Kristina, takes her to who knows
where. How am I supposed to protect somebody if I don't know where she is?

Alexis: She's at the Quartermaine gatehouse.

Sonny: Hmm? Why?

Alexis: I'm sure he had his
reasons.

Sonny: Yeah, I'm sure he had his
reasons, too. All right, you know what? I'll put -- I'll put some of my men at
the Quartermaine estate -- handymen, gardener, and
maids, whatever.

Alexis: Thank you.

Sonny: Can you do me a favor? You
tell Jax that if he jumps any of them, he'll regret
it?

Alexis: You know, he doesn't really have to know about this.

Sonny: Then why tell old candy boy
about Kristina in the first place?

Alexis: "Candy boy"?

Sonny: Yeah. He looks so sweet.
He melts under pressure.

Alexis: Ugh.

Sonny: Jax
has no steel.

Alexis: Can I tell you
something? I have been married to the man, and I can tell that he --

Sonny: He is a spoiled, rich kid
--

Alexis: That's not true.

Sonny: Who butts into your
business --

Alexis: Not true.

Sonny: Overturns your decision
--

Alexis: Not true.

Sonny: Has no respect for you.

Alexis: Not true.

Sonny: Not true? Okay. You make
arrangements, and Jax cancels them without consulting
you. I do that, and you call me a sexist, unethical, and you give me a lecture
on manners.

Alexis: You know, if it weren't for Jax --

Sonny: Hmm.

Alexis: I would never have even
met Kristina. He's the one that brought her to town, so I -- if it weren't for
him, I wouldn't even know that she's alive.

Sonny: Right.

Alexis: I should be very
grateful to him for introducing me to her. You're not even going to ask me who
she is, are you?

Sonny: I respect your privacy.

Alexis: You do.

Sonny: Yeah.

Alexis: You know, there are some
people that push and they take it as a personal rejection if I don't respond.

Helena: Humor me. Well -- ooh. Dining alone?
That's so unlike you. And where is your lovely, young companion?

Jax: She had to leave.

Helena: Oh.

Jax: Yes, I know it's a little
disappointing, but it's probably better that way. She was distracting me from
my raid on Cassadine Industries.

Helena: Oh. Business before
pleasure.

Jax: Yeah, well, not for much longer because
soon you won't have enough money to bankroll a lemonade stand, let alone a
grand scheme.

Helena: Do what you want, Jax.
Do what you need to do. But nothing will stand in my way now.

Gia: What's your problem?

Carly: Stay away from this low-class creep.

Gia: Will you stop insulting him?

Carly: Look, you may be an ungrateful twit who
turned her back on the woman who launched her career --

Gia: Well, if that's your opinion, why do
you even give a damn who I see?

Carly: No woman should get within 10 yards of
this groping octopus.

Gia: Lucien is a perfect gentleman.

Stavros: Actually, she may have a point. The day
we met, I was not myself. I behaved abominably.

Carly: Yeah, that's one word for it.

Stavros: I am not the man you met in the park
that day.

Carly: Oh, really? Who was he, your evil twin
brother?

Stavros: I apologize for my behavior. I was
reacting to a stinging rejection. A woman I loved cruelly betrayed me.

Gia: You didn't tell me that.

Stavros: No, I didn't. It was and is painful to
talk about. But I owe you an explanation. That woman held my heart in her
hands, and she callously tossed it away. You told me that day about your loss.
I was also suffering a loss, and -- please forgive me. Would you introduce me
to your friend?

Gia: Carly Corinthos, this is Lucien Cain, an international investor.

Stavros: Why did I think your name was Spencer?

Carly: It's my mother's maiden name. So, you
invest money?

Stavros: And I make it.

Carly: In what? Real estate,
business?

Stavros: Yes.

Gia: You know what? Do you think you're
going to be able to handle that problem we discussed?

Stavros: Yes, I guarantee it. I promise.

Gia: Okay. Thanks. I got to run. I'll see
you later.

Carly: So, what do you know about takeovers?

Stavros: Quite a lot, actually. That's my
specialty. See, I'm not afraid to do anything to get what I want.

Luke: Stavros
is a human plague. He's a demon that somehow escaped from hell.

Laura: That's right, and we have
to send him back there.

Luke: No, not you -- me. Me.
It's too dangerous for you.

Laura: Luke, Helena has done something to you.

Luke: Exactly. That's why I have
nothing to lose.

Laura: Okay. Just try to
concentrate, all right? Please, this is very important. Have you seen Stavros lately?

Luke: Yes.

Laura: You have? Luke, do you
know where he is now?

Luke: I think so.

Laura: Where?

Jax: You're a psychopath, dangerous, and
long overdue to be stopped.

Helena: Pity this annoyingly stubborn streak in
a man who is otherwise so adequate. Oh, you should know better than to go
against me. I can offer someone like you the world, literally.

Jax: Why would I accept anything from you
when I can just take it for myself? When your fortune is in ruins -- which it
shouldn't be too much longer now -- then you'll have me to thank.

Helena: Well, I'm sorry to hear that. When
someone is foolish enough to go against me, they usually end up with nothing --
or worse. There's nothing you can do to protect Alexis.

Alexis: There's something wrong
with me.

Sonny: I don't think so. Maybe
it's the asthma? You get it checked?

Alexis: It was so easy for me to
tell you about Kristina. Now, why was that?

Sonny: Why was that? Because you
know it's okay.

Alexis: Well, why don't I know
that it's okay with Ned?

Sonny: Well --

Alexis: I mean, he wanted to
know, and I wouldn't tell him. Why do I keep him at arm's length? He's trustworthy.
I can certainly trust him with anything, any secret that I have. But I didn't
tell him, and it hurt his feelings, and I completely understand that. What I
don't understand is me. Why am I so annoying?

Sonny: Ahem. When you love
somebody, that doesn't mean they belong in your life. They can love you back,
but they might not get the code you live by.

Alexis: The code?

Sonny: Yeah, the code.

Alexis: You're going to talk
about the code again.

Sonny: Well --

Alexis: You love talking about
the code. I think "the code" is a polite euphemism for "complete
disregard for the ethics and principles of a democratic society." I mean,
I would no sooner subscribe to that code than I would I don't know what.

Sonny: What?

Alexis: I can't think of
anything repugnant enough at the moment. What's that code ever done for you,
anyway, besides get you shot at and make your life miserable?

Sonny: It got me money, it got me power, and able to afford the best lawyer
in the state.

Alexis: Oh. Thank you.

Sonny: What I'm saying is,
Alexis, you can love somebody and not be able to tell them things.

Alexis: Why can't Ned see that?

Sonny: Because he's never --
he's never been trapped or helpless. He never promised himself that he was
going to do whatever it took to be so powerful, so smart, competent, and not
let anything touch him in his life.

Alexis: The problem is, is that
you go through life not letting anything touch you, and it doesn't, even when
you want it to. Surviving marks you, and maybe only
another survivor can see it.

Sonny: Maybe Ned doesn't respect
your privacy.

Alexis: And Carly
respects yours?

Sonny: If she did, I wouldn't be
divorcing her.

Alexis: You know, this is very interesting because your reason for divorcing
Carly keeps shifting. First it's betrayal, and now
it's the fact that she doesn't respect your privacy? Are you even sure why
you're divorcing Carly? Are you even certain a
divorce is what you want?

Carly: I built the company from scratch, I
discovered Gia, and I pushed for her to be the face,
against the objections of my partner and everybody else. And the minute it took
off, it was just snatched away from me.

Stavros: You must've been crushed.

Carly: Do I look crushed to you? Look, I just
want a chance to prove that I'm a real player and to prove to my husband how
wrong he was to throw me away.

Stavros: I understand.

Carly: So, can I get my company back? And not just the original shares. I want the whole thing.

Stavros: Of course.

Carly: Wow.

Stavros: To acquire what you want, you need to
destroy it first.

Laura: Where did you see Stavros?

Luke: I see him all the time
reflected in Nikolas' face.

Laura: No. That's not what I
meant.

Luke: Nikolas
is Stavros' revenge against us. He's a spawn from
hell sent to rip us apart.

Laura: No, Luke, that's not what
I meant. That was before. Stay in the present, okay? Remember, Nikolas is a good person. He's helping us. He's on our
side.

Luke: No, no, no.

Laura: Okay. Where's the lab?

Luke: Uh, down.

Laura: Down where?

Luke: It's close by, but it's
below. It's way far below.

Laura: Concentrate. Just
concentrate. It's very important. Okay. It's all right. You did see Stavros alive, right? You did. And not just reflected in Nikolas' face. You saw him in the flesh. He was alive. Right?

Luke: I saw Stavros
alive.

Laura: Where? Where is the lab?

Elizabeth: I can't leave. I have to do this for Lucky.

Nikolas: I know, Elizabeth, but no one is worth dying for.

Elizabeth: Nikolas, sit
down. Listen. If you do this, Helena will trust you. She'll tell you all her
secrets, including what she plans to do with Lucky. Once we know, we can
protect him and keep him from hurting anybody else.

Nikolas: I just --

Elizabeth: Nikolas,
please. You can't bail on me now, okay? You are Lucky's
last hope. You can find out everything, and then we can finally stop Helena.

Nikolas: I just -- I hate all of this.

Elizabeth: I know. I know. But you know what?
You're going to do it.

Nikolas: Yeah.

Elizabeth: Guess I'd better go get ready for my
last meal. Come on.

Sonny: I -- I can't -- I can't
trust Carly.

Alexis: You know, she's fiercely loyal in her own irrational way.

Sonny: I cannot get past what
she did.

Alexis: I don't mean to defend
her.

Sonny: Right.

Alexis: To me, she's the human
equivalent of fingernails on a chalkboard. But I know what she's meant to you,
I know what Michael means to you, and I don't want to see you regret anything.

Sonny: There are things Carly will never understand.

Alexis: That's true.

Sonny: The divorce is on.

Alexis: Okay. I'll pursue it.

Sonny: I'll protect Kristina.
I'll keep your sister safe.

Alexis: Thank you. Sonny, I
really --

Sonny: I know, I know. Me, too.

Stavros: The way to gain control of what you
want is to strategically dismantle it. Once the company is destabilized and
devalued, then it is ripe for the plucking.

Carly: Okay. Well, take Deception, then. What
would you do?

Stavros: Well, first I would have to look at
your financial statements. And then I would say a few words to the vendors,
create dissension among the staff. A few strategic words to the distributors,
and then I would be on my way.

Carly: Well, you're cold.

[Stavros
chuckles]

Carly: But I like it. So, are you available
for consulting?

Stavros: If my schedule allows.

Carly: Where can I reach you?

Stavros: I'll reach you. And
very, very soon.

Laura: Where is the Cassadine lab?

Luke: Underneath.

Laura: Underneath what?

Luke: Underneath. It's -- it's
not on any map.

Laura: How would I get there?

Luke: I followed the trace of
tar and gravel.

Laura: What tar and gravel?

Luke: On your bedroom rug, there
was tar and gravel. I followed it. It was a trail right to the gates of hell.
People pass by there all the time. They don't even notice. Nobody -- nobody knows it's there. But it's got no guards. It's got
not locks. It was so easy. Laura, I just slid the doors open.

Laura: What doors, Luke?

Luke: It's -- oh -- it's near a
place where we had a big party. A big party. Everybody
was there. You were there.